David Gold explains West Ham stadium mystery on Twitter

West Ham chief David Gold has revealed the club have not filled their new stadium because they are awaiting a final licence.

Slaven Bilic’s side left Upton Park this summer for their new home in Stratford but are yet to fill the London Stadium’s 66,000-seat capacity.

The ground, which is costing the club just £2.5million a year to rent, has already played host to a number of European and domestic fixtures for the claret and blue outfit.

“Yesterday’s game totally sold out 57,000 tickets,” Gold said on his personal Twitter account when asked about the diminished number of spectators against Watford. “We are yet to be granted a licence for the 9000 empty seats.”

Yesterday's game totally sold out 57k tickets. We are yet to be granted a licence for the 9000 empty seats. dg https://t.co/43IKXfO2u2